Seems like the easiest way to help all of these "difficulty issues" is to put a tool in game that will allow you to change difficulty. City of Heroes/Villains has the same mechanic, you can set it to one of 4 or 5 levels (each with increasing difficulty/rewards). If you're grouped on a team the difficulty would be set to the leader. Put an NPC in Starbase 1 that allows you to change this from the start of the game.
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i wish, i decided im just going to record my whole progression through the game in window mode now to shut up the whinners that its dodge...